If five years ago you suggested to a colleague or client to "make an appointment on Zoom," he wouldn't understand what you wanted from him. If in a job interview you demanded at least two days of "work from home" in the terms of employment, you should probably look for a job on the moon.
These terms joined our lives when the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented catalyst in the labor market, which has an impact for many years to come.
The war also leaves a civilian mark on our lives and brings with it changes and revolutions regarding the issue of the family in Israel, some of which in normal times might not have reached approval at all.
Since the outbreak of the war, there have been reports of a wave of requests from bereaved parents, family members and spouses to perform a sperm extraction procedure from war fallen. In the first stage, a temporary order was issued to hospitals by the Attorney General, permitting bereaved parents to request the procedure in various hospitals in Israel without requiring a court order. In addition, New Family's "After" initiative now allows soldiers on the front lines to sign a document in which they express their "desire and consent to continuity in the event of disaster through the use of their sperm."
But the most significant change is in the "Continuity Law," which is currently being advanced in the Knesset and has already been approved in a preliminary reading, and which is expected to make it easier to approve applications and skip the stage where explicit consent is required from the deceased – before his death – to carry out the procedure.
Another amendment that has already passed its third reading, which also disappeared in the noise of bombings and war, recognizes for the first time the spouse or spouse of fallen LGBT soldiers as an IDF widower or as an IDF widow.
The State of Israel now looks at a joint family effort during reserve duty, and not just a narrow view of the indemnification and financing of the enlisted person
The law was passed following the fall of a member of the gay community, Lt. Col. (res.) Sagi Golan. Try to think whether such a law could have been passed by a right-wing ultra-Orthodox coalition outside of wartime. And also pay attention to the precedent-setting decision made by the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Finance. For the first time, the State of Israel decided to indemnify the spouses of reservists and women of the reserves.
This is not only compensation for lost work days and income, but also compensation according to objective expenses incurred due to the management of the household by one parent (babysitting, travel financing, etc.).
In fact, the State of Israel now looks at a joint family effort during the reserve service, and not just a narrow view of the indemnification and funding of the enlisted person. This is an important conceptual change that is also expected to accompany us in the future, and will probably be reflected in other places as well.
At six after the war, we will all think more deeply about all the changes that are now entering our lives. This war will affect the State of Israel in almost every area, but it seems that the issue of the family and the family unit will be at the center of the changes and changes that an iron sword war will leave with it for the day after.
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